- Date
- December 11, 1978
- Place
- Wade, NC · WADE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5026CBellanca 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781211039379A
- Case key
- 138369
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3834 78/12/11 WADE,NC BELLANCA 8KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 5000 TIME - 1500 N5026C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COATES AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WADE,NC GREENSBORO,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT ROLLED AIRCRAFT INVERTED SHORTLY AFTER T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5026C
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Coates Airstrip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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